This article is missing information about intended and actual uses.(October 2023) |
Introduced | 23 April 2014 |
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TLD type | Generic |
Status | Active |
Registry | Donuts |
Registered domains | ~4,350,000 pages (February 2022) [1] |
DNSSEC | Yes |
.wtf is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) run by Donuts, a gTLD registry. [2] It is derived from " WTF", [3] an online acronym for "what the fuck?". [4]
In June 2012, Ryan Singel of Wired predicted no one would ever set up the .wtf domain, [3] but later that month an application for the domain was submitted to ICANN, [5] and although in August 2012 the Saudi Arabian government objected to .wtf and 30 other newly proposed top-level domains such as .gay, .bible and .islam, [5] [6] ICANN approved .wtf on 23 April 2014. [7] Google indexed about 4,350,000 webpages with the .wtf domain.
WTF int. (also w.t.f., W.T.F., wtf) (esp. in the language of electronic communications) 'what the fuck?'; used to express incredulity or annoyance.